Pine Gap Protest Activists Face Court Over Highlighting US Base’s Role in Gaza Genocide
Peace activists Carmen Escobar Robinson and Tommy Walker are set to appear in Alice Springs Local Court again on 23 and 24 September 2025, in relation to summary offences that they were slapped with in respect of their second direct...
Youth Crime: Prevention and Diversion Produce Better Outcomes than Punitive Measures
Australian federal, state and territory governments have in recent years passed a range of laws which take an increasingly punitive approach to youth crime - a populist approach which focuses on incarcerating troubled youths in detention centres rather than addressing...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 15 to 21 September 2025
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Sentence Reduced as Judge Failed to Find that Immediate Admissions Count as Assistance to Police The appeal court found the sentencing judge was in error...
Australia, Canada and UK Recognise Palestine as a State
On 21 September 2025, Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom joined 151 of 193 member states of the United Nations in recognising Palestine as a sovereign state. And while the move is intended to pressure Israel into putting an end...
The Offence of Producing or Distributing Deepfake Porn Without Consent in NSW
The law is often playing catch-up when it comes to regulating emerging technologies, and taking action against their misuse. And according to Australian law-makers, the nefarious use of deepfake porn is an example of this. New legislation Following the lead...
What is the Legal Definition of Genocide?
On 16 September 2025, the United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Palestine (the Genocide Commission) released a 72-page report which found that Israel’s conduct towards Palestinians in the Gaza Strip fulfils the definition of genocide in international law....
Israel’s Atrocities in Gaza Satisfy the Legal Definition of Genocide
Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinians of the Gaza Strip confirmed a United Nations report released on 16 September 2025, which, coming close to two years into the mass murder and starvation program, is considered a turning point as...
The Offence of Indecently Interfering with a Body in New South Wales
Cindy’s Law is that which enables the conviction of a person for a sexual offence or an offence concerning conduct with a corpse without the need to establish whether the conduct occurred whilst the person was alive or deceased. The...
Upsurge in White Nationalism Signifies the Deep Divisions in Australian Society
The reemergence of the “Freedom movement” rallying on city streets twice over the last fortnight involved an outpouring of antiimmigration sentiment coming from the mainly white Australian crowd that had not been apparent during its initial mobilisations during the COVID...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 8 to 14 September 2025
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: The Ease With Which Criminals Acquire Firearms Renews Calls for Additional Safeguards A recent finding that regulatory gaps have enabled criminal groups to obtain legally...
